Students conquer seven highest mountains on the seven continents. A mountaineering team from the Chinese University of Geosciences ascended Mount Vinson on the South Pole on December 25, 2016, Beijing time, completing their feat of climbing the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. It took the team, made up of students and teachers, four years to conquer all seven summits. After returning to their university in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei Province, the team members recalled the hardships they experienced in scaling Mount Vinson.